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The husband and I celebrated our 42nd wedding anniversary recently… and there were flowers.
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We’re lucky to have a wonderful local florist just a few miles from our house.
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Or should I say I’m lucky, as the husband is rarely able to forget special occasions.
Our florist posts pictures of the arrangements she makes every week on Facebook and this recent customized request for a chef made me smile.
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How clever is that?
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As seen at the grocery store.
Makes me wonder how spicy this product has to be to warrant such a violent response.
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Enough said.
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We’ve been having a strange influx of evening gtosbeaks recently. They visit in large groups and are quite a dramatic sight.
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Cold?
Yes, it’s been cold.
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Though you wouldn’t know it by the Juncos. The snow doesn’t seem to bother them at all.
Brr!
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The husband would love an arrangement like that, but with parsnips, turnips, and other root vegetables. As you can imagine, Thanksgiving is his favorite holiday.
I just heard on the radio yesterday that Alan Alda is 90! Then yesterday evening he popped up as a new character on ER (I’m rewatching the entire series). Speaking of how old people look as they age, remember Barbara Bush? She looked like her husband’s mother!
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Poor Barbara, she was definitely old before her time.
I’m not sure a turnip bouquet would have the same pizzazz, but our florist is clever…
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Happy anniversary!
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Thank you!
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Congrats on not murdering your husband for 42 years! Huzzah!
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Thanks! But the same could be said for him…
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…and that’s why it never happened. Congratulations, youcrazy kids. I love you two more than anyone I’ve never met. You give Semper Fidelis a whole new meaning.
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Aww, shucks.
You’ll make me blush.
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Oh, no. You’re a treasure and he’s the luckiest man alive.
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That’s what I keep telling him!
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Well Happy Anniversary to you and the hubs! 42 years, man that’s a huge accomplishment these days. That pepper bouquet is awesome, its given me a great idea ;). Mick Jagger’s appearance in contrast to Glitch McConnel is staggering.
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It’s crazy to think about but I’ve been married to my husband for 2/3rds of my life. I’ve been with him twice as long as I was without him.
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Happy Anniversary! You are a lucky two…
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We are.
Thanks!
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42 years! Yikes! Congratulations!
I’m surprised to see all these birds in the snow. Global warming, I guess?
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Climate change means more severe weather swings, not just warmer temps. Either way, the juncos don’t mind.
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According to my Bird Buddy app, junkos are the birds that visited our feeder the most in 2025. And you’re right; the cold doesn’t even faze them.
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We call them snow birds up here.
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A lovely display of flowers there and Happy Anniversary. 😊
My word, lots of birds there to say it still looks cold with the snow.
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Thank you!
And it’s cold, but they don’t seem to mind.
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Happy Anniversary, lovebirds! Those flowers are beautiful. 💜
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Thanks! For both…
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Happy Anniversary – the flowers are lovely. My husband has never been good with dates so I just buy myself stuff and tell him “look what you bought me!”
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That works too!
Thanks.
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Congratulations on your 42nd anniversary! That’s quite an accomplishment. We celebrated 40 in July.
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Congrats to you as well!
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Those are lovely arrangements.
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This post made me smile from the bird and wild pig figurine, to pepper bouquet to the meme! What a fun read😁
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Happy to share a smile.
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The Chef Flowers reminds me of Edible Arrangements. Look them up, they are just like that and more.
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I loved those and used to send them as gifts, but all the stores closed in Maine.
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Congratulations on your anniversary! Are those grosbeaks or juncos (which google tells me are “sparrows”)
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The evening grosbeaks are at the feeder, the junco is sitting on the deck railing in the snow.
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Happy belated anniversary; the flowers are gorgeous!
I love the creativity of the veggie arrangement too.
The goosebeaks: SWOON!
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